Coin-controlled dispensing apparatus.



PATAN'rEnABRI 19, 190A.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15, 1902.

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UNITED STATES` f .Patented April i9, 1904.'

PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL SULLIVAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

COIN-CONTROLLED DISPENSING. APPARATUS.

. srEcIFIoArIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 757,690, dated April 19, 1904.

Application filed August 15, 1902.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL SULLrvAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin-Controlled Dispensing Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof. Y

My 'invention has relation to improvements in coin-controlled dispensing devices; and it consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts more fully set forth in the speciication and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan of the receptacle with lid swung open. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1, showing a bonbon-box in the receptacle. Fig. 3 is a viewof the operating parts mounted in the rear of the front wall of the receptacle, the cover-plate for said parts being removed, said view showing the first po- .sition of the parts or that position in which the lid is held locked. Fig.v 4 isa similar view showing second or releasing position. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the rear of the front wall with cover-plate in position, showing application of the key for releasing and ejecting the coin. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the receptacle. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail showing application of the ejecting-key tothe coin after the lid has been thrown open.` ,Fig 8 is a section on line 8 8 of Fig. 7, and Fig. 9 is a detail showing the application of the key to the locking-latch.

' The present invention is an improvement on the device for which Letters Patent of the United States, numbered 677,748, were granted to me under date of July 2, 1901, and on the device described in my pending application, Serial No. 91,437, filed January 27 1902, and while contemplating the several objects set forth in both the aforesaid inventions the present device is materially simplied and possesses the additional advantage in that the open position of the locking-latch is independent of the coin, and, further, in that the latch can be set permanently to its open or releas- Serial No. 119,755. (No model.) 'l

pin or staple 5, disposed in the upper edge ofv the rear wall of the receptacle, the free ends 'of the spring being embedded in said wall.

(See dotted representation in Fig. 2.) -At the bottom of the receptacle is located an up-.

wardly curved resilient spring -supporting plate 6, upon which the bonbon-box B rests and which is forced to assume a iiat or expanded position when the box has been forced into the receptacle and under the Alid thereof-` when the latter has been closed. The free ends of the spring 6 are provided with slots 7, through which pass the Shanks or stems of the guide-pins 8, carried by the bottom of the receptacle, the heads of, the pins serving to retain the spring in position. however, that the lid is released from the locking-latch and has been swung open by the spring-4 the resiliency of the plate 6 forces the box upwardly suiiiciently beyond the upper edge of the receptacle, when it may be readily seized by the operator and removed from the receptacle, Fig. 2. y

The manner of opening the lid by theintroduction of a coin (a dime) is as follows: Mounted along the rear surface of the front wall of the receptacle infront of the cover-plateQ is a pivoted latch 10, whose medial portion is in permanentv engagement with the free end of 'a flexed spring 11, whose opposite end is fixed to the front wall and whose medial portion bears against a ridge 12, formed on the said wall. When in its normal or locking position, the latch is adapted to engage a catch 13, carried by the free end of the lid, Fig. 3. Between the ridgev 12 and a lower' ridge 14 is The moment,`

formed a coin-chute 15 for the passage of a i coin introduced into the receptacle. through the coin-slot16 of the lid, (when the latter is closed,) the coin when once introduced being advanced by the arms of a lobed disk 17, carried at the inner end of a spindle 18, operated from the outside of the front wall by a milled head 19. As the coin is thus advanced (see arrows in Figs. 3, 4) it encounters the medial bend of a compoundly-curved latch-controlling lever 20, said bend being below the fulcrum of such lever, and as the coin is thus forced against the bend it tilts the lever 2O suHiciently to cause the upper end thereof to force the latch 10 awayfrom the catch 13, permitting the lid to fly open, as already explained. This tilting of the leverl 20 at the same time causes an upward tripping of the free lower end thereof, which end is provided with a tooth or finger 21, normally bearing against a similar tooth 22 at the free end of one arm of a bell-crank or trigger 23, pivoted to the front wall of the receptacle. The trigger 23 is kept in permanent contact with the lever 2O under the resilient action of a spring 24, and as the tooth 21 is thus tripped upwardly the tooth 22 follows it (under the resilient action of the spring 24) and eventually drops behind it, (see Fig. 4,) thus securely locking the lever 2O against any possible return to its normal or first position, the latch 10 under the circumstances remaining permanently in its releasing position, so that no unauthorized person can close and lock the lid after the bonbon-box has once been abstracted, Fig. 4. The coin by this time rests against the base of the trigger, Fig. 4, the rear edge of the coin coming adjacent to the keyhole 25 of the cover-plate 9, Fig. 5.

To remove the coin, the operator inserts the tooth 26 of the key K through the hole 25 behind the coin, rockingthe key about the stud 27, thus forcing the coin past the trigger 23 to a point opposite the opening 28, formed in the cover-plate, Fig. 5. The'coin can then be abstracted yby the operator by inserting his linger into the receptacle and drawing the coin along the inclined wall 29 and upward through the top of the receptacle. In thus forcing the coin past the trigger by means of the key the trigger is tilted back to its normal position, the bent lever 20 being at thesame time permitted to resume its normal position under the action of the flexed spring 11, thus permitting the locking-latch to resume its normal or locking position, the parts being ready for the next operation upon the introduction of a fresh bonbon-box into the receptacle. (See dotted position of parts in Fig. 4.) By normal or locking position of course is meant that .position of the locking-latch which permits the same to engage the catch on'the lid when the latter is closed.

Should the operator not have a fresh box of bonbons handy to insert into the receptacle when the latter is exhausted and the occasion should thus arise to leave the lid open indelinitely, so that no unauthorized person should close the lid on an empty receptacle after the coin was removed by the operator, the latter can by inserting the tooth of the key through an opening 3() in the upper edge of the front wall, Fig. 9, force back the locking-latch to an open or releasing position, at the same time bearing down and rocking the lever 2O to its second position, whereupon the parts will be set as shown in Fig. 4, thus permitting the lid to remain open indefinitely. To restore the parts to their locking position, Fig. 3, the operator can then simply run a coin through the device, forcing the coin past the trigger, as already explained, when the several parts will resume their normal positions, as already indicated.

' It is apparent, of course, that I may depart from the details here shown without. affecting either the nature or spirit of my invention. The lever 20 is limited in one direction by a pin 31.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl 1. In a coin-controlled dispensing device, a suitable receptacle, a spring actuated lid hinged to the same, a catch carried by the lid, a spring-controlled latch pivoted to the front wall of the receptacle,a spring-controlled pivoted trigger having two arms carried by the front Wall of the receptacle, a terminal tooth carried by the upper arm of the trigger, a latch-controlling lever pivoted intermediate the trigger and the latch and having a termi- IOO nal tooth normally engaging the tooth on the trigger, a rotatable spindle located in' advance of the lever, a lobed disk secured' to the spindle for advancing the coin against the lever,

the lever and trigger being oscillated with thel advance of said coin and the teeth aforesaid interlocking with said oscillation, a coin-chute, a coin-slot formed in the lid and registering with the coin-chute, a cover-plate for the several parts, a keyhole being formed in the cover-plate at a point adjacent to the edge of the coin when the latter is resting against the trigger, said keyhole being adapted to receive the tooth of a rotatable key for forcing the coin past the trigger and restoring the parts -to their normal position, substantially as set forth.

- 2. In a coin-controlled dispensing device, a suitable receptacle, a spring actuated lid hinged to the same, a catch carried by the free edge of the lid, a spring-controlled latch pivoted to the front wall of the receptacle, a bent lever pivoted in proximity to the latch, a rotatable spindle mounted adjacent to the lever,

a disk secured to the spindle having a series of arms for advancing the com against the IIO the coin after the latter has been forced past I0 the lever, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

DANIEL SULLIVAN.

Witnesses:

EMIL STAREK, Gr. L. BELFRY. 

